Pikeville Checks In at No. 21; CIU Receives Votes in NAIA Men's Basketball Poll

NAIA Men's Basketball Coaches' Poll
January 29, 2025

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Two Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) teams collected votes in the 2024-25 NAIA Men's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll.

The poll was released on Wednesday.

Pikeville collected 160 voting points to land at No. 21. Meanwhile, Columbia International picked up 4 voting points.

Poll Methodology:

  • The NAIA Men's Basketball Poll is for publicity purposes only and has no weight or bearing in the selection process for national championship field consideration
  • The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences and Continental Athletic Conference (Independents)
  • The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter ranks the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second place, and so on through the list
  • The highest and lowest vote for each team (a non-vote is considered a low vote) is removed
  • Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered "receiving votes"
  • Frequency of polls occur bi-weekly
  • Records listed are as of the end of the day on Monday of the poll week
RANK LAST TIME INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] RECORD FINAL POINTS
1 2 Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) [16] 19-2 508
2 4 LSU Alexandria (La.) [3] 18-1 485
3 1 Georgetown (Ky.) 19-1 483
4 5 College of Idaho 18-2 457
5 7 The Master's (Calif.) 18-3 426
6 8 Baker (Kan.) 19-1 410
7 10 Bethel (Ind.) 17-3 407
8 12 Dordt (Iowa) 20-1 392
9 11 Montana Tech 18-2 374
10 6 Arizona Christian 17-4 363
11 13 Dalton State (Ga.) 17-2 350
12 14 Grace (Ind.) 16-4 313
13 RV Concordia (Neb.) 17-4 276
14 22 William Woods (Mo.) 17-2 266
15 22 Florida Memorial 16-4 264
16 3 Northwestern (Iowa) 18-3 232
17 RV Cumberlands (Ky.) 15-5 194
18 8 Langston (Okla.) 15-5 193
19 18 Huntington (Ind.) 15-5 192
20 17 Central Baptist (Ark.) 16-4 187
21 16 Pikeville (Ky.) 18-4 160
22 20 Hope International (Calif.) 18-3 156
23 24 Ave Maria (Fla.) 16-5 146
24 RV Oregon Tech 15-4 140
25 RV St. Francis (Ill.) 17-2 100

Receiving Votes: Life (Ga.) 69, Keiser (Fla.) 62, Saint Francis (Ind.) 47, Oklahoma Wesleyan 31, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 31, Nelson (Texas) 27, Indiana Tech 23, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 19, Mobile (Ala.) 17, Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 14, Graceland (Iowa) 10, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (Ind.) 9, Indiana Wesleyan 5, Morningside (Iowa) 4, Columbia International (S.C.) 4